Tourist attractions Hyères

Nature and gardens

Île de Porquerolles F - 83400 Hyères

Seven km long, 2.5km wide and covering 1 254ha, the largest and most most eastern of the Hyères Islands was named after this village. The northern coastline boasts numerous sandy beaches bordered by pines, heather and sweet myrtle. The southern coast..

Nature and gardens

Île de Port-Cros F - 83400 Hyères

A day at Port-Cros is a real delight. With its small harbour where you can discover underwater flora and fauna and a botanical path overlooking the sea which, after the Estissac fort (exhibition) leads to Palud beach. Here the braver visitors take th..

Nature and gardens

F - 83400 Hyères

The short crossing and walks around these well-preserved islands are bound to be a highlight of any trip to the Côte d'Azur. Inhabited in turn by monks, pirates and garrisons, the three Hyères Islands are each different but all idyllic: Le Levant is ..

Nature and gardens

F - 83400 Porquerolles

Most of this walk is in the shade, on sandy paths carved out of the pine forests. The itinerary takes you along Courtade's fine sand beach then, after the Pointe du Lequin, turns sharply towards the sea and the lovely, huge and very remote Notre Dame..

Nature and gardens

rte de Giens F - 83400 Hyères

On this peninsula, between the two tombolos (strips of sand), the old salt marshes of the Étang des Pesquiers are home to pink flamingoes. In the little resort of Giens, where Saint-John Perse rests in peace, there is a fine panorama and a pretty lit..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Montée Noailles F - 83400 Hyères

Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles commissioned this decidedly modern winter villa from the Belgian architect, Robert Mallet-Stevens. Completed ten years later, the villa became a meeting place for avant-garde artists: Giacometti, Cocteau, Picasso, ..

Nature and gardens

F - 83400 Hyères

Popular with families, Almanarre is a long beach along the salt marshes; Hyères-Plage is a resort flanked by a forest of umbrella pines; the two beaches of Ayguade-le-Ceinturon are separated by the port; and finally Plage des Salins (or Port Pothuaud..

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r. St-Bernard F - 83400 Hyères

The park next to the Villa de Noailles, at the foot of the ruins, boasts a wealth of Mediterranean plantlife as well as a view of the Maures, the old town, Giens Peninsula and the Hyères Islands through openings in the wall.

Nature and gardens

Avenue Édith-Warthon F - 83400 Hyères

A leafy maze, dotted with steps, terraces and benches, laid out in the estate of an old Clares convent. At the top is the tomb of Colonel Voutier, the former owner of the villa, who discovered the Venus di Milo.

Architecture, castles and historic districts

F - 83400 Hyères

Having made his fortune by equipping the Second Empire army with godillots (shoes), Alexis Godillot went on to remodel this quarter, designing villas for the "rich winter visitors" (many of them British): Maison St Hubert (70 ave des Îles d..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

bd Chateaubriand F - 83400 Hyères

The former Quartier d'Orient was built as of 1850 for the "winter visitors". Handsome villas - less fantastical than those in the Godillot quarter, around the Boulevard d'Orient and Boulevard Châteaubriand: you will see the Léon-Antoinette,..

Nature and gardens

rte du Fenouillet F - 83400 Hyères

A path leads away from a neo-Gothic chapel to the summit of the Maurettes Massif, known as the Fenouillet (291m). From here, there is a magnificent panorama of the Maures and the ports of Hyères and Toulon.

Religious buildings

bd Félix-Descroix F - 83400 Hyères

This chapel dating from 1955 and decorated with sculptures by Lambert-Rucki is mainly worth visiting for its huge stained-glass windows of blue and green glass by Gabriel Loire. Lovely views from the coast (viewpoint indicator).

Nature and gardens

Avenue Joseph-Clotis F - 83400 Hyères

The Jardins Olbius Riquier 6.5ha gardens show the exuberance of Mediterranean plantlife, both outdoors and in greenhouses: palm trees, cacti, banana trees, fig trees... a veritable tropical forest that is home to deer and monkeys. Waterbirds, meanwhi..